Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 157 › Conversation 157-021

Nixon phone call with Haldeman on Camp David and Staff coordination

Wednesday, December 6, 1972 · 8:16 PM–8:17 PM ET · Camp David Study Table · 21 sec

ParticipantsNixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")Conversation157-021 on Tape 157StartWednesday, December 6, 1972 at 8:16 PMEndWednesday, December 6, 1972 at 8:17 PMRecording deviceCamp David Study TableSourceNixon Library record for 157-021 ↗

AI Summary

President Nixon coordinated an upcoming meeting at Camp David with H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman. The primary purpose was to organize a sequence of consultations, first meeting privately with his staff and subsequently conferring with Col. Richard T. Kennedy. Haldeman confirmed the arrangement, ensuring the President's schedule and the briefing order were firmly established.

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Hello?
Yes, sir.
I thought you and John might come over now, and we can talk, and then when the other fellow gets here, the three of us will talk first, and then I'll talk with him.
Okay.
We'll be right over.

NARA Description

On December 6, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:16 pm to 8:17 pm. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 157-021 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 157-21

Date: December 6, 1972
Time: 8:16 pm – 8:17 pm
Location: Camp David Study Table

The President talked with H. R.(“Bob”) Haldeman.
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                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                         Conversation No. 157-21 (cont’d)

[See Conversation No. 234-8]

       The President’s schedule
            -Meeting with Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman
                  -Meeting with [Col. Richard T. Kennedy]

Also recorded on December 7, 1972

  • 234-008 8:16 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 8:16 pm to 8:17 pm.
  • 234-009 8:17 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 8:17 pm and 8:24 pm.
  • 234-010 1:05 PM · 14 min — John D. Ehrlichman and George D. Webster met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David from 1:05 pm to 1:20 pm.
  • 234-011 1:20 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Aspen Lodge study at Camp David at an unknown time between 1:20 pm and 9:04 pm.

Cite this conversation

Conversation 157-021, December 7, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/157-021 (accessed October 10, 2026).